Household Food Insecurity, Underweight Status, and Associated Characteristics among Women of Reproductive Age Group in Assayita District, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia
Table 1
Multivariate analysis on factors associated with food insecurity in households of Assayita district, Afar, Ethiopia, June 2015 ().
Variables
Food insecurity status
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Secure (%)
Insecure (%)
Maternal age (years)
15–19
8 (1.6)
36 (7.3)
44
1.44 (0.55 to 3.76)
2.13 (0.71 to 6.36)
20–29
55 (11.2)
60 (12.2)
115
0.35 (0.18 to 0.69)
0.34 (0.12 to 0.95)
30–39
67 (13.7)
202 (41.2)
269
0.96 (0.51 to 1.83)
0.34 (0.14 to 0.79)
40–49 (Ref)
15 (3.1)
47 (9.6)
62
1.00
1.00
Educational status
No education
121 (24.7)
324 (66.1)
445
3.10 (1.64–5.69)
1.22 (0.51–2.93)
Primary education (Ref)
24 (4.9)
21 (4.3)
45
1.00
1.00
Parity
0 (Ref)
2 (0.4)
13 (2.7)
15
1.00
1.00
1-2
55 (11.2)
35 (7.1)
90
0.10 (0.02 to 0.46)
0.09 (0.02 to 0.48)
3-4
85 (17.3)
91 (18.6)
176
0.17 (0.04 to 0.75)
0.18 (0.04 to 0.89)
≥5
3 (0.6)
206 (42.0)
209
10.56 (1.62 to 68.88)
10.76 (1.38 to 84.28)
Number of children below 5 years of age
0 (Ref)
59 (12.0)
67 (13.7)
126
1.00
1.00
1
56 (11.4)
75 (15.3)
131
1.18 (0.72 to 1.93)
2.03 (1.03 to 3.98)
≥2
30 (6.1)
203 (41.4)
233
5.96 (3.55 to 10.01)
1.96 (0.85 to 4.49)
Ref: reference category; value < 0.05, which was considered significant.
